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Cambridge University Press - The Cambridge Companion To Schoenberg - Paperback
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Description: Arnold Schoenberg composer theorist teacher painter and one of the most important and controversial figures in twentieth - century music. This Companion presents engaging essays by leading scholars on Schoenberg's central works writings and ideas over his long life in Vienna Berlin and Los Angeles. Challenging monolithic views of the composer as an isolated elitist the volume demonstrates that what has kept Schoenberg and his music interesting and provocative was his profound engagement with the musical traditions he inherited and transformed with the broad range of musical and artistic developments during his lifetime he critiqued and incorporated and with the fundamental cultural social and political disruptions through which he lived. The book provides introductions to Schoenberg's most important works and to his groundbreaking innovations including his twelve - tone compositions. Chapters also examine Schoenberg's lasting influence on other composers and writers over the last century.
Title: The Cambridge Companion To Schoenberg
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521690867
Pages: 346 Pages, 67 Printed Music Items; 2 Tables, Unspecified
Publication Date: 5/13/2010
Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
Category: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000
Description: Arnold Schoenberg composer theorist teacher painter and one of the most important and controversial figures in twentieth - century music. This Companion presents engaging essays by leading scholars on Schoenberg's central works writings and ideas over his long life in Vienna Berlin and Los Angeles. Challenging monolithic views of the composer as an isolated elitist the volume demonstrates that what has kept Schoenberg and his music interesting and provocative was his profound engagement with the musical traditions he inherited and transformed with the broad range of musical and artistic developments during his lifetime he critiqued and incorporated and with the fundamental cultural social and political disruptions through which he lived. The book provides introductions to Schoenberg's most important works and to his groundbreaking innovations including his twelve - tone compositions. Chapters also examine Schoenberg's lasting influence on other composers and writers over the last century.
Title: The Cambridge Companion To Schoenberg
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521690867
Pages: 346 Pages, 67 Printed Music Items; 2 Tables, Unspecified
Publication Date: 5/13/2010
Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
Category: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000
